Several beers, one cider, one mead and one wine were brought and shared at the meeting. Several beers were judged and the brewers were given the score sheets and feedback on how to improve on their brewing techniques. Yeast starters and measurement of original gravity were discussed. Craig Tessier and Doug Fettig paid 2012 dues of $25 each.

Following our discussions last evening regarding yeast starters I thought it would be beneficial to dig up a little information and get it out to those interested. I will also post in on our website too.

In addition to this I put mine on a stir plate to continuously agitate the yeast in the starter. If I really want big happy yeast volumes I will attach my aquarium pump to the stopper with two holes so I can continually aerate the starter. So in that case the stir plate is continuously agitating the starter and allowing oxygen to be dissolved into beer and feed the yeast. The system would look basically like this and I wouldn’t go this far all the time.